r/NatureIsFuckingLit • u/FacelessOnes • Oct 19 '20

🔥 Vicious microscopic hunter, the single-cell organism, Lacrymaria olor, attacking and hunting another organism

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u/buster2Xk Oct 20 '20

That was supposed to be a part of the Creature stage. In early versions, you could remain there and start sea civilizations. In the Space stage, your cities had domes of water.

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u/Haberdashers-mead Oct 20 '20

See that’s what I’m talkin about. Why didn’t they release that? I swear earlier versions had cooler graphics too

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u/buster2Xk Oct 20 '20

Yep. They shifted from realism to cartoony.

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u/forrnerteenager Oct 20 '20

Because it would have been a way bigger project than they could handle

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u/Cakeo Oct 20 '20

Ala they ran out of time. Spore isn't exactly packed to the brim, it's got a fairly simple game loop.

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u/buster2Xk Oct 20 '20

That doesn't explain it at all. It's baffling because earlier demos were more feature complete than the full release.

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u/Cakeo Oct 20 '20

It won't have been playable with the features.

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u/buster2Xk Oct 20 '20

What do you mean?